The H Factor of Personality: Why Some People Are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitivea and Why It Matters for Everyone

By Kibeom Lee and Michael C. Ashton

Book Overview

People who have high levels of H are sincere and modest; people who have low levels are deceitful and pretentious. The "H" in the H factor stands for "Honesty-Humility," one of the six basic dimensions of the human personality.

It isn't intuitively obvious that traits of honesty and humility go hand in hand, and until very recently the H factor hadn't been recognized as a basic dimension of personality. But scientific evidence shows that traits of honesty and humility form a unified group of personality traits, separate from those of the other five groups identified several decades ago.

This book, written by the discoverers of the H factor, explores the scientific findings that show the importance of this personality dimension in various aspects of people's lives: their approaches to money, power, and sex; their inclination to commit crimes or obey the law; their attitudes about society, politics, and religion; and their choice of friends and spouse. Finally, the book provides ways of identifying people who are low in the H factor, as well as advice on how to raise one's own level of H.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554588340
• ISBN13: 9781554588343
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.0"